help desk
noun
help desk is a noun meaning “A section of an organization offering specialist advice to customers or users who have problems, especially with computer equipment or systems” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled H-E-L-P-D-E-S-K. The plural of help desk is help desks or help-desks.
What does help desk mean?
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A section of an organization offering specialist advice to customers or users who have problems, especially with computer equipment or systems.
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Alternative form of help desk.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of help desk
- help desks plural
- helpdesk
- help-desk
- help-desks plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Words people confuse with help desk
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Also written: helpdesk (one word or two).
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Help desk in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense a section of an organization to help customers or users:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | centre d'assistance |
| German | Help-Desk, Helpdesk |
| Portuguese | balcão de informações |
| Spanish | mesa de ayuda |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.